Math in Daily Life

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Math in Daily Life

When you buy a car, follow a recipe, or decorate your home, you're using math principles. People have been using these same principles for thousands of years, across countries and continents. Whether you're sailing a boat off the coast of Japan or building a house in Peru, you're using math to get things done.
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How can math be so universal? First, human beings didn't invent math concepts; we discovered them. Also, the language of math is numbers, not English or German or Russian. If we are well versed in this language of numbers, it can help us make important decisions and perform everyday tasks. Math can help us to shop wisely, buy the right insurance, remodel a home within a budget, understand population growth, or even bet on the horse with the best chance of winning the race.

Join us as we explore how math can help us in our daily lives. In this exhibit, you'll look at the language of numbers through common situations, such as playing games or cooking. Put your decision-making skills to the test by deciding whether buying or leasing a new car is right for you, and predict how much money you can save for your retirement by using an interest calculator.

Time for the Re-Registration Shuffle

Dig out your documentation. The Morrisville branch of the immigration service is checking to see who crossed the border into Pennsylvania.

Re-registration in Morrisville Schools
Posted in News on Thursday, July 24th, 2008 at 5:00 pm by Courier Times reporter Manasee Wagh

The Morrisville School District will be conducting re-registration this summer. All students who will be attending the Morrisville School District in the Fall and were in kindergarten to 11th grade during the 2007-2008 school year will be required to reregister. New students are not included in this re-registration.

CLASS SCHEDULES AND ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE SENT UNTIL YOUR STUDENT IS RE-REGISTERED.

Re-registration will be held in all of the schools during the day on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 8:30 am to noon and from 1 pm to 3 pm throughout the month of August.

If you are unable to re-register during the day, you can do it on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings during the first three weeks in August from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in the LGI (Large Group Instruction) room of the middle/senior high school. There will be two Saturday re-registrations. They will be held August 9 and 16 from 10 am to 3 pm at the middle senior high school in the LGI.

Please bring proof of identification for yourself in the form of a PA state issued ID card or valid PA driver’s license, passport or military ID.

Also bring four proofs of residency. All must have the same address information.

One of the items must be a moving permit, deed, 2008 tax bill, mortgage payment bill/booklet, or lease.

The following will be accepted as proof of residency: deed or agreement of sale, per capita tax bill or paid receipt, moving permit, bank statement, automobile registration, lease verified by apartment superintendent, welfare identification, current cable or other utility statement, property tax bill or paid tax receipt, W-2 statement/IRS statement or tax return, automobile/homeowners/tenant insurance statement.

You do not need to bring any documents for your children.